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Friday, September 16, 2011

Best Adventure Road -Peru: Shorey to Cabana.Best Scenic Road - Chile: Ruta 7 with mountains, glaciers, rivers, lakes, this road has it all.Best Paved Road - Peru: Cabana to Chuquicara. A close runner-up is Nazca to Cusco also in Peru. This route lost because of the increased presence of crazy drivers.Worst Adventure Road - Ruta 40, Anywhere in Argentina it’s not paved. The
road surface is terrible and demands 100% concentration so that even if
there were beautiful landscapes to admire, you can’t take your eyes of
the road to enjoy them.Worst Scenic Road - Chile: Santiago to Temuco. Apart from the odd winery there was pretty much nothing to see from this straight divided highway.Worst Paved Road - Peru: Caraz to Huaraz. Truly
the worst experience one can have on two wheels. Potholes, dust, cars
swerving erratically to avoid the potholes. Painful. A close second is Espinazo del Diablo, Mexico. People
spoke praises of this road for its curvy-ness. It’s hard to appreciate
any semblance of curvy-ness though due to potholes and trucks that can’t
stay in their lane. Knowing what I know now, I would have given it a
miss.Best Route - Anywhere in the Peruvian Sierra, so that the coast can be avoided.Worst Route - Peru: Panamerican Highway 250km north of Lima until the south exit of Lima. having
a major highway go through the capital of Peru is simply madness. And
though we didn’t drive it (we avoided it on purpose) I imagine the
Honduras section of the Panamericana would come a close second.Country with the Best Food - Peru: The most variety coupled with the best flavours. There isn’t even a close second.Country with the Worst Food - Mexico: Compared
to all the other countries we didn’t enjoy Mexican food as much.
Perhaps we had bad luck with the places we went out for food? As a side
note Naomi really loved the fresh Guacamole.Best Meal/Dish - Naomi: Palta a la Reina, Peru; Alberto: Lomo Saltado, Peru.Worst Meal - Street food taquitos in Barra de Navidad, Mexico. Too much random parts: cow’s brain, eyes, tongue, ear, lips, stomach, etc... not enough of what I define as meat.Favourite Country Overall - Naomi: Colombia. I like the energy of the places we visited. The people were really friendly, and the scenery was nice.Alberto: Guatemala. I
enjoyed the lakes, volcanoes, history. People were friendly and stuff
was cheap. Also I ate the best stake of the entire trip in
Huehuetenango.Friendliest People - excluding Canadians we found Ticos (Costa Ricans) to be the most friendly.... Pura Vida!Unfriendliest People - Northern Chileans with Coastal Peruvians as runners-up Not
just on one occasion did we have negative encounters but several
encounters. In particular in Calama, Chile. Coastal Peruvians as a whole
were sneaky, and always trying to take advantage. DISCLAIMER - This is a
blatant generalization.Best Police - Naomi: Chile. Very professional; Alberto: Colombia. Very friendly and even stopped us to give us directions and warn us of road conditions.Worst Police - Not even a contest: PERU!Best Border Crossing - Colombia to Ecuador. Very professional with clearly marked buildings.Worst Border Crossing - Anything involving Nicaragua. Honduras to Nicaragua and Nicaragua to Costa Rica.Best Biking Culture - Colombia. Even though a lot of bikes were smaller cc, there was a wide range of riders. Also people wore helmets and riding gear.Best Waterfall - El Chiflon, Chiapas, Mexico.Best Mountain - Mt. Fitz Roy, Argentina.Best Lake - Lago General Carrera, Chile.Best Beach - West Bay, Isla Roatan, Honduras.Hottest Girls - Costa Rica.Best Kit Item - Naomi: Gore-tex socks ;Alberto: Airhawk Seat.Worst Kit Item - Naomi: BMW Summer base-layers; Alberto: Collett Communication System.Best Gadget -SPOT 2.Worst Gadget - Collett Communication System it’s just that bad.Best Aftermarket Bike Farkle - Gear-it-technology Crash Bars.Worst Aftermarket Bike Farkle - Alberto’s Cheap but cool-looking Mirrors.Best Camping Spot - EcoVenao in Playa Venao, Panama.Worst Camping Spot - St John RV Park in St John New Mexico, USA.Best Hotel - Hotel Oasis in Caborca, Mexico. Best bang for your buck.Worst Hotel - Motel Viga Nueva in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Best Day - Day #126 it had everything a GS could ask for: dirt, pavement, scenery. Peruvian Northern Highlands.Worst Day - Day #182 because of having to deal with the police.

4 comments:

Thanks for the tips, I do ride a motorcycle in Lima, Peru including the highways. I am from Canada originally. Now I know what to avoid when I ride. Your trip sounds awesome, thanks again, keeping a detailed journal.

I've made a backpacking travel through Bolivia and Peru, and I've falled in love for Peru scenery and adventures... Now, I am planning to go with my XT660. Thanks for all information and congratulations for your trip!

Like what you guys have going on here, what a great site. Im always on here seeing the latest news and updates. I have also two sites one is about wow. you had better have got some scooter insurance OR moped insurance if you plan on buying this one